Shadia Alem

Shadia Alem

The Black Arch

2011
Stainless steel, cast iron, fabric and stone with projected photographs and sound installation 700 × 20 × 350 cm.
Pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia
Photo © Francesco Galli

The Black Arch

Negative No More

Installation: DVD projection, photos, negatives, In-situ, Edge of Arabia Venice, 2009

Negative No More

Installation: photographic negatives, DVD projection
2004

The Black Mirror

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“Sometimes there’s a kind of portal that exists between our minds.”

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Biography

Born in Mecca and lives and works in Paris, France.

Shadia Alem is a visual artist. She graduated with a BA in Art & English Literature from King AbdulAziz University and since 1985 has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Saudi Arabia and internationally, and her work is included in numerous important private and public collections.

In 2011, Shadia represented Saudi Arabia in its inaugural participation in La Biennale di Venezia.

Shadia's work incorporates painting, photography and installation. Starting out as a painter, her work expanded in volume finding their way off the canvas and into space. In much of her work, Shadia documents different phenomena along the years and invests them in her projects such as The Black Mirror, All is Changed 9/11, and Negative No More.

Profile photo by Bruno Houdayer

The Black Arch

The Black Arch

The Black Arch

The Black Arch

Negative No More

Negative No More

The Black Mirror

The Black Mirror

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